Ash-Shu'ara (26)
Verses: 227إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 121
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 122
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
The people of Ad, too, called the messengers liars.
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 123
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Their brother Hud said to them, ‘Will you not be mindful of God?
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 124
إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
I am a faithful messenger sent to you:
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 125
وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
I ask no reward of you, for my only reward is with the Lord of the Worlds.
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 127
أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
How can you be so vain that you set up monuments on every high place?
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 128
وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ
Do you build fortresses because you hope to be immortal?
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 129
وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ
Why do you act like tyrants whenever you attack someone?
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 130
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ
be mindful of Him who has provided you with everything you know-
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 132
إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
for I truly fear that the torment of a grievous day will overtake you.’
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 135
قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَ
They replied, ‘It makes no difference to us whether you warn us or not,
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 136
إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
for we only do what our forefathers used to do:
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 137
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
They denounced him as a liar, and so We destroyed them. There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe:
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 139
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful.
Ash-Shu'ara
- Verse 140